Meet Ginger, who was adopted from a shelter. 

Can I take a photo of your dog?
“Yeah, but it probably will be the last time. She’s not going to make it.

“They don’t know what’s wrong with her. She won’t eat, and she’s been losing weight. She’s lost about 5 pounds in two weeks. She’s been at the vet all this week. They’ve been feeding her with a syringe.

“The vet said they’d like to keep her a few more days to run some more tests. I went by and got her today so I could spend a little time with her while I can.

“She’s just like one of the kids, like everybody’s dog is. When you spend 11 years with someone, day in and day out, you get real attached.

“It’s tough, but it’s part of life. When you have pets, you’re going to have to deal with this at some point. But that doesn’t make it any easier.”

The post Dealing with dog’s decline not easy appeared first on The Baytown Project.

Jayda had been shot several times with a pellet gun and was being held at Rosenberg Animal Shelter when she was featured on a pets blog, From Under the Bridge.

“She reminded me of my childhood dog, Butter, and I wanted to adopt her. True Blue Rescue sprung her from the shelter. I went to Petsmart in Houston to meet her and fell in love.

“I had to convince my husband to get another dog. He agreed I could have her for my birthday.

“We took Bella, our pit bull, for a meet and greet, and brought her home that day. That very night, Jayda was stung on the eye by a bee or wasp and we took her to the ER twice. I was so worried about her. Her eyes are what drew me to her.

“This was in November 2009. She recovered and has been with us ever since. She’s a very good dog and kind of a loner. She loves being petted, but it has to be her idea.”

The post Birthday dog, Jayda, survives shots, stings appeared first on The Baytown Project.

“When I lost my dog of 13 years, I thought I was going to go off the deep end. She was a Labrador Retriever. She was my love. I wasn’t ready for another dog, but I came to the shelter and started looking. Then I started taking pictures and trying to save them. It just evolved from thereFinding homes for rescue dogs is 24/7 endeavor

“I work closely with the staff here and at several other shelters in the area to find homes for these animals. I now have a huge network of people on Facebook I work with to find fosters and set up rescues all over Texas, the United States and even Canada.

“One little Chihuahua, Ellie, weighed 16 ounces when she was brought here. They were going to euthanize her because she was very ill and she wasn’t adoptable. I immediately took her home and started with the fluids and reviving her. I really got attached to her. But just last month I let her go to an adopter, a wonderful family. She was up to 2 pounds, 8 ounces. I get pictures of her all the time. She’s just one of those you know you have to help, because she was going to go down.

“These animals don’t have a voice, so we have to be their voice to save them.”

— Lou Sisk

Related:

• Finding homes for rescue dogs is 24/7 endeavor

The post Dogs have a friend, and a voice, in rescuer appeared first on The Baytown Project.

“Now I keep very busy doing rescue work in the community. It’s a volunteer thing, but it’s my passion. This is my life. It’s what I do 24/7.

“At any given time I’ll have numerous messages on my phone saying, ‘I have a dog. Can you help me find a home?’ A lot of times I’ll foster them myself for a couple of days until we can set up a transfer to a rescue home.

“My husband knows that when he comes home, there could be five new dogs at the house that day. One time, we had 13. They were puppies, and they moved quickly.

“I haul dogs all over the place. I drove two to Arizona this year, one to my younger sister and one to my older sister. I try to find a place for as many as I can.

“It’s a lot of work, and I do neglect my family at times. But it’s what I need to do to save these precious little animals.”

— Lou Sisk

Related:

• Dogs have a friend, and a voice, in rescuer

The post Finding homes for rescue dogs is 24/7 endeavor appeared first on The Baytown Project.

“My roommate has two little dogs that are elderly, but I’ve been wanting one of my own. Once I started looking, I didn’t really see anything that caught my eye.

“Then a coworker and I were leaving the Pasadena Animal Shelter, literally walking out the door, when this nice couple was dropping her off. They told me the story of how they had found her in Seabrook, as a stray dog just roaming around. When I saw her I thought, wow, she just may be the one.

“My coworker suggested that since they picked her up in Seabrook, why not call her Brooksea? I did, and it stuck.”

— Nate Holt

Related:

• Actor coming to grips with getting ‘geeky’ roles

The post And then one day Brooksea walked into his life appeared first on The Baytown Project.

“I’m not much of a people person. I guess I just connect better with dogs. I can read dogs really well, especially the abused ones.

“This guy came from a man who was abusing him to the point where he couldn’t even stand next to you when he was a puppy. He would pee all over himself. He was terrified of brooms and anything that moved, pretty much. So, I took him in and rehabilitated him.

“I was that kid who brought in strays off the street and just kept them. I’ve been working with dogs since I was 16. I worked at shelters and began training the ones that were abused. One day, the owner of the shelter had 12 show dogs and he started to teach me how to groom them. I’ve been grooming ever since.”

The post ‘I guess I just connect better with dogs’ appeared first on The Baytown Project.

“I run a privately owned no-kill shelter in Dayton. We don’t get any assistance from the city, county or state, so we have to get out here to almost beg for donations.

“Right now we have 65 adult dogs, 15 puppies, 35 adult cats, 30 kittens and two horses. One of the horses came from a man who was pulling it by a rope behind his pickup truck. When my husband and I saw that, I said I hope he takes her to a good pasture where she can get some groceries. She was in bad shape. You could see every bone in her body.

“An hour and a half later, he was in my driveway with the horse. I ended up taking her to the vet, and she was 450 pounds underweight. We’ve had her three years now, and she’s fat and sassy. She’s up for adoption. But she needs someone who’s experienced with horses, because she’ll let them know who’s the boss.”

The post Dogs, cats, horses — she has some of everything appeared first on The Baytown Project.

“My wife found Lucky (left) in a garbage bag along the side of the road with two litter mates that were already dead. When I got home from the animal shelter with Dixie, she was standing there holding this 8-week-old puppy. We’ve had them both for about 3½ years now. They’re definitely part of the family.”

The post Rescue dogs happy to be ‘part of the family’ appeared first on The Baytown Project.